web02.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:33:15 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Hybrid Ministry - Episodes Tagged with “Skibidi” https://www.hybridministry.xyz/tags/skibidi Thu, 12 Sep 2024 04:00:00 -0500 Hybrid Ministry is complicated and hard. Or is it? How do pastors and youth pastors create a vibrant extension, not replacement, of what's already happening during their weekly church services? To cater in a digital ministry way to an online focused ministry audience. Reaching Millennials, Gen Z and even Gen Alpha is going to require us to rethink some of the ways we do church. Follow along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick en-us episodic Digital Discipleship made easy Nick Clason Hybrid Ministry is complicated and hard. Or is it? How do pastors and youth pastors create a vibrant extension, not replacement, of what's already happening during their weekly church services? To cater in a digital ministry way to an online focused ministry audience. Reaching Millennials, Gen Z and even Gen Alpha is going to require us to rethink some of the ways we do church. Follow along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick no Digital, Online Church, Hybrid Ministry, Church, Meta, Gen Z, Millennials, Digital Marketing, Church Marketing, Youth Ministry, Student Ministry, Nick Clason, Digital Ministry, Church Social Media, Youth Ministry Social Media, YouTube for Church, YouTube for Youth Ministry, TikTok for Churches, TikTok for Youth Ministry, Instagram for Churches, Instagram for Youth Ministry, Facebook for Church, Facebook for Youth Ministry, Cell Phone Usage at Church Nick Clason nickclason@hybridministry.xyz Episode 114: Before Buying your Child a Phone… https://www.hybridministry.xyz/114 5bac9b51-3e66-4778-b7cf-4d1a004d4975 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 04:00:00 -0500 Nick Clason 114 Before Buying your Child a Phone… full Nick Clason Phones and Screens are the biggest difference between Generation Alpha and all other Generations Before it. At What Age Should you buy your child a smartphone? Are screens a blessing or a curse? 3 parental Control Principles to live by from a Pastor Hybrid Ministry's Recommended Smartphone Age And the best phone monitoring apps on the market. 13:37 no 🔥 [FREE] Hybrid Ministry Strategy Guide🔥 https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/free-hybrid-ministry-e-book 💥[CUSTOM] Hybrid Coaching💥 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/coaching ========= DESCRIPTION Phones and Screens are the biggest difference between Generation Alpha and all other Generations Before it. At What Age Should you buy your child a smartphone? Are screens a blessing or a curse? 3 parental Control Principles to live by from a Pastor Hybrid Ministry's Recommended Smartphone Age And the best phone monitoring apps on the market. //SHOWNOTES & TRANSCRIPTS http://www.hybridministry.xyz/114 ====================================== 📓SHOWNOTES //MEET GEN ALPHA https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Alpha-Mark-McCrindle/dp/0733646301 👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clasonnick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridministry/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clasonnick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HybridMinistry Website: https://www.hybridministry.xyz 🆓 FREEBIES 🆓 Level up your youth ministry game with these freebies! 🔗 https://linktr.ee/clasonnick 🛠️TOOLS Some of the below links are affilate links in which we do recieve a small commission based on your purchase or use of products VIDIQ https://vidiq.com/hybrid BEST DYM RESOURCES https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/dym OPUS.PRO FOR AI SHORTS & REELS https://www.opus.pro/?via=a5d361 //YOUTUBE STARTER KIT FOR UNDER $100 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/youtubestarterkit 🕰️TIMECODES 00:00 Are Screens a Blessing or a Curse? 05:17 Principle #1 Phone Apps 08:04 Principle #2 Addictive Screens 09:22 Principle #3 Moderation - Intersection of Influence 11:35 My Recommended Age to Give a Child a Phone 13:01 Top 3 Parental Control Apps -- TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00:01 - 00:00:29:09 Nick Clason At what age should you buy your kids a cell phone? And in this episode, we're also going to look at our screens. A blessing or a curse? Three different parental controls that you can live by in your life as you navigate this technology and cell phone kind of landscape with your children. My recommended age to give your kids a phone and the best phone monitoring apps on the market. 00:00:29:11 - 00:00:57:14 Nick Clason And don't forget the down below. We've included chapters in the bottom of this video so you can be able to jump around. But first, does anyone remember this? See, this was my childhood internet experience and I was born in 1989, barely even an 80s baby. And this was what my internet experience was. And we had to dial up to get on the internet. 00:00:57:15 - 00:01:21:28 Nick Clason I would spend my summer afternoons on Aim, chatting with all of my friends. But if my mom wanted to use the phone, she would pick up the phone and it would kick me off of AOL Instant Messenger. Compare that to today, where the internet is in our pocket, our TVs are connected to the internet, and we can watch and browse anything we want on there in our living room. 00:01:21:28 - 00:01:58:22 Nick Clason And the answer to every single question is literally at our fingertips. It's a blessing paired with a curse. Technology and phones are the common answer when you ask, what's the difference between Generation Alpha and Generation Z or generation Y? Millennials or Gen X, like the common difference is technology and phones. And so it will mark generation alpha as the key indicator and the key difference to their generation. 00:01:58:22 - 00:02:28:22 Nick Clason And all the other generations that have gone before it. Generation Alpha started and was born and is widely held to be classified as being born in 2010. 2010 is the year that the iPad was invented. It was the year that Instagram was also invented, and it was when app was the word of the year. So those things just simply underscore how marked by technology and screens. 00:02:28:22 - 00:02:59:16 Nick Clason Generation Alpha is. So I believe that navigating technology is going to be either the key to success or the key to the failure of those in Generation Alpha. So in many ways, the verdict is still out. Our screens good, our screens bad. Is technology helpful? Are they here for the greater good or are they inherently evil and are the causes of them? 00:02:59:19 - 00:03:23:05 Nick Clason What's causing Gen Alpha to be doomed? You know, we've been discussing in this playlist link right here the the characteristics and the stereotypes of Generation Alpha. Who are they and and how do we teach them? And in today's episode, we're exploring the world of screens. I want you to check out this quote from E.F. Shoemaker who said this about the invention. 00:03:23:08 - 00:03:44:01 Nick Clason It's either the greatest blessing or it's the greatest curse of modern times. And sometimes we forget which it is. Go ahead and give me a like if you think that that quote is about the internet, and then give me a subscribe. If you think that that quote is about the printing press. And if you give me a like and if you thought it was about the internet, you're wrong. 00:03:44:01 - 00:04:13:22 Nick Clason So now you also owe me a subscribe because this quote, believe it or not, was about the printing press in the book, Generation Alpha by Mccrindle and fell. They have a quote that says this. It says no doubt. Very few people today worry about the negative impacts of the printing press. And over time, we will see today's digital equivalent of the printing press, overwhelmingly used to promote human flourishing as well. 00:04:13:25 - 00:04:41:11 Nick Clason You got to remember that tech in the internet and cell phones, we are in its infancy, and Generation Alpha is truly one of the first generations, the the first generation to be born with and use tech from the age that they were born like they were. They grew up with screens and with cell phones and those things in their hands and in their possession and widely available to them. 00:04:41:11 - 00:05:08:22 Nick Clason So the jury is still out. And in a lot of ways, we as parents, we don't even know some of the implications or some of the the downfalls or evils that could be caused by some of this, integration and use of technology. So let's look at this from a parenting perspective. What are three parental control principles when using phones, tech, the internet, and technology to live by? 00:05:08:23 - 00:05:31:07 Nick Clason Well let's check it out. So parental control principle number one is parent your child. Don't let your device parent your child. I hear this a lot. I'm a youth pastor. I've been youth ministry for over 13 years. And, a lot of the questions I get about technology and cell phones and internet and usage is what is the best app for my kids and a lot. 00:05:31:08 - 00:05:57:02 Nick Clason And you got to kind of what I try to uncover with that question is, are you hoping that the app will parent your child and keep them away from all of the dangers of the internet? Because if you are, there is no such thing. Every app has a workaround, every device has a way for a kid to get through every firewall like they there's, way around everything. 00:05:57:02 - 00:06:22:00 Nick Clason And if they want to sin or if they want to be curious, they will find a way. And so one of the recommendations that I make for parents is use the parental control apps. And we'll get to those in just a minute. But but beyond that create moments, natural moments of conversation. And so I have two children. I have an eight year old and I have a six year old, and they are squarely in Gen Alpha. 00:06:22:00 - 00:06:43:23 Nick Clason They don't have phones yet. but they do use technology. We have a Nintendo Switch. They watch YouTube on our our smart TV. But I try to create natural moments of conversation. and so every single Friday morning, I take them out to breakfast or to lunch and, I take them out individually and I just, I invest time in them. 00:06:44:01 - 00:07:05:21 Nick Clason And sometimes it's really meaningful and really monumental, and other times it's just goofy and silly and we're just kind of doing the thing. Okay. But the reason I do that is because there are going to be moments where we need to have some tough conversations down the road, and I don't want, a tough conversation to just have to happen. 00:07:05:21 - 00:07:29:28 Nick Clason And I, I pull one of my kids aside and I'm like, all right, let's talk. Let's have a tough conversation. I want there to be a natural rhythm and a natural momentum of conversation. And so they know every single Friday that we're going to go to breakfast, we're going to go to lunch. And so when that tough conversation does have to come, I can just weave that into a Friday morning or a Friday afternoon time, time period. 00:07:29:28 - 00:07:49:26 Nick Clason And it's not out of the norm for them. It's a regular rhythm of relationship and a regular rhythm of connection. And so find ways as parents, to naturally parent your child. Have those conversations about cell phones. Don't just stick a parent monitoring app on there and hope that that does the job. If you are, they're going to find a way around it. 00:07:49:26 - 00:08:19:23 Nick Clason Instead, get in there, have those conversations, and keep that door of communication open. The second parent, control principle to live by a fight for your children to have real experiences. You know, the amygdala is like the the fight or flight section of the brain, you know, and that amygdala, the ability to to navigate and handle tough moments in life, grows best through real experiences. 00:08:19:25 - 00:08:42:26 Nick Clason According to, screen smart. they say that video games, social media and pornography are all the same levels of addictive screens. And so if you've ever had a kid playing a video game and you just can't get them off of it and they don't seem like themselves, it's because what that, game is doing to their brains, it has the same effect that social media has. 00:08:42:26 - 00:09:14:23 Nick Clason It has the same effect that pornography has on their brain. And so in order to free them from that, in order to give them the the real experience is to grow in their amygdala. You have to fight to give them the most opportunity for real experiences. So hear me obviously, on the Hybrid Ministry show, I'm not against tech and I'm not against phones, but as a parent, the more that you can give your children those real experiences is going to help benefit them and give them opportunities to grow. 00:09:14:25 - 00:09:38:14 Nick Clason And the third parenting principle to live by simply this is just do your best to live in moderation. Too much of one thing is obviously not a great thing, but but too little and and completely shutting it down is also not necessarily a great thing. Look at this. look at this chart here on screen. If you're watching on YouTube. 00:09:38:14 - 00:10:00:07 Nick Clason This comes from one of my favorite books called It's Just a Phase, written by the rethink Group. But I love this graph because you'll see that you have positional influence as a parent, at a younger age, and you have relational influence and at a younger age, positional influence is everything you have with your children. You are their caretaker and your relational influence is really small. 00:10:00:10 - 00:10:21:17 Nick Clason But right here in the middle. And this is where generation Alpha is, this is where middle schoolers is. This is where all your elementary schools are. Your positional influence begins to decrease. They need you less and less. And that's ultimately the goal of parenting. And then your relational influence should continue to be growing, which is why I recommend keep the conversation walls open. 00:10:21:24 - 00:10:44:02 Nick Clason Keep the conversations going so that when you hit this moment of intersection of influence, it's not weird for you to kind of switch roles. And it's not weird for you, and it's not weird for your children. And so in the same way as your children grow older, you're obviously going to trust them with more, including technology and including cell phones. 00:10:44:04 - 00:11:05:26 Nick Clason And you need to build into that. You need to grow into that relational influence, because if you just your kid turned 16, your kid turns 13, your kid turns whatever age that you deem that a cell phone is good, is viable, is ready, and you just drop it in their lap without having the relational influence, it could be disastrous. 00:11:05:29 - 00:11:27:11 Nick Clason So continue to build into that. And as you continue to build into that, look for moments, look for markers, look for ways to determine if your child is ready. And as they get more mature, as you grow in your relational influence and drop that positional influence, it may then be time for you to consider giving your child a cell phone. 00:11:27:14 - 00:11:51:06 Nick Clason So what is my recommended age for giving your kid a cell phone? I mean, truly, as long as you can hold it off and get I get it right. Like, you may be listening to this and you're like, dude, you don't know you have an eight year old and a six year old. And you're right, like I, I would love to not give my kids a cell phone until they're 18 years old, but I don't know if that's realistic. 00:11:51:07 - 00:12:15:19 Nick Clason Right. I would just say you do what's best for you and your family, do what makes the most sense for you and your context and in your family, but hold off giving your kids a phone as long as you can. especially social media like my recommendation. What I want to try to do is I want to keep my kids away from, algorithms and social media and addictive type things like that. 00:12:15:19 - 00:12:38:18 Nick Clason As long as I can, potentially even to the age of 18. and then cell phones, maybe 14, maybe 16 without social media, maybe just texting, maybe just calling. It might be different if you have kids in sports and and they need phones to, to get Ahold of you. But the only thing I'll say about that is I lived all my childhood, go into sports without ever having a phone. 00:12:38:23 - 00:12:59:13 Nick Clason And so we have become accustomed to the luxury that it offers us now. But there was a time in our day and age when it didn't have to happen, and now it feels like it does absolutely have to happen. And so, like I said at the beginning of the video, these are going to be my top three apps with different protections for smartphone. 00:12:59:15 - 00:13:16:14 Nick Clason And I'm so glad that you're here checking it out, because those are going to be included in the very next video, which is linked right here on screen. So go ahead and give that video a tap. If you're watching this in live time, that will drop next Thursday. So make sure that you are subscribed so that you don't miss it. 00:13:16:14 - 00:13:31:06 Nick Clason If you're watching this on repeat, that'll be right here on screen. Watch these videos. 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Phones and Screens are the biggest difference between Generation Alpha and all other Generations Before it.
At What Age Should you buy your child a smartphone?
Are screens a blessing or a curse?
3 parental Control Principles to live by from a Pastor
Hybrid Ministry's Recommended Smartphone Age
And the best phone monitoring apps on the market.

//SHOWNOTES & TRANSCRIPTS
http://www.hybridministry.xyz/114
======================================
📓SHOWNOTES
//MEET GEN ALPHA
https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Alpha-Mark-McCrindle/dp/0733646301

👉 STAY CONNECTED WITH NICK
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🕰️TIMECODES
00:00 Are Screens a Blessing or a Curse?
05:17 Principle #1 Phone Apps
08:04 Principle #2 Addictive Screens
09:22 Principle #3 Moderation - Intersection of Influence
11:35 My Recommended Age to Give a Child a Phone
13:01 Top 3 Parental Control Apps

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TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:01 - 00:00:29:09
Nick Clason
At what age should you buy your kids a cell phone? And in this episode, we're also going to look at our screens. A blessing or a curse? Three different parental controls that you can live by in your life as you navigate this technology and cell phone kind of landscape with your children. My recommended age to give your kids a phone and the best phone monitoring apps on the market.

00:00:29:11 - 00:00:57:14
Nick Clason
And don't forget the down below. We've included chapters in the bottom of this video so you can be able to jump around. But first, does anyone remember this? See, this was my childhood internet experience and I was born in 1989, barely even an 80s baby. And this was what my internet experience was. And we had to dial up to get on the internet.

00:00:57:15 - 00:01:21:28
Nick Clason
I would spend my summer afternoons on Aim, chatting with all of my friends. But if my mom wanted to use the phone, she would pick up the phone and it would kick me off of AOL Instant Messenger. Compare that to today, where the internet is in our pocket, our TVs are connected to the internet, and we can watch and browse anything we want on there in our living room.

00:01:21:28 - 00:01:58:22
Nick Clason
And the answer to every single question is literally at our fingertips. It's a blessing paired with a curse. Technology and phones are the common answer when you ask, what's the difference between Generation Alpha and Generation Z or generation Y? Millennials or Gen X, like the common difference is technology and phones. And so it will mark generation alpha as the key indicator and the key difference to their generation.

00:01:58:22 - 00:02:28:22
Nick Clason
And all the other generations that have gone before it. Generation Alpha started and was born and is widely held to be classified as being born in 2010. 2010 is the year that the iPad was invented. It was the year that Instagram was also invented, and it was when app was the word of the year. So those things just simply underscore how marked by technology and screens.

00:02:28:22 - 00:02:59:16
Nick Clason
Generation Alpha is. So I believe that navigating technology is going to be either the key to success or the key to the failure of those in Generation Alpha. So in many ways, the verdict is still out. Our screens good, our screens bad. Is technology helpful? Are they here for the greater good or are they inherently evil and are the causes of them?

00:02:59:19 - 00:03:23:05
Nick Clason
What's causing Gen Alpha to be doomed? You know, we've been discussing in this playlist link right here the the characteristics and the stereotypes of Generation Alpha. Who are they and and how do we teach them? And in today's episode, we're exploring the world of screens. I want you to check out this quote from E.F. Shoemaker who said this about the invention.

00:03:23:08 - 00:03:44:01
Nick Clason
It's either the greatest blessing or it's the greatest curse of modern times. And sometimes we forget which it is. Go ahead and give me a like if you think that that quote is about the internet, and then give me a subscribe. If you think that that quote is about the printing press. And if you give me a like and if you thought it was about the internet, you're wrong.

00:03:44:01 - 00:04:13:22
Nick Clason
So now you also owe me a subscribe because this quote, believe it or not, was about the printing press in the book, Generation Alpha by Mccrindle and fell. They have a quote that says this. It says no doubt. Very few people today worry about the negative impacts of the printing press. And over time, we will see today's digital equivalent of the printing press, overwhelmingly used to promote human flourishing as well.

00:04:13:25 - 00:04:41:11
Nick Clason
You got to remember that tech in the internet and cell phones, we are in its infancy, and Generation Alpha is truly one of the first generations, the the first generation to be born with and use tech from the age that they were born like they were. They grew up with screens and with cell phones and those things in their hands and in their possession and widely available to them.

00:04:41:11 - 00:05:08:22
Nick Clason
So the jury is still out. And in a lot of ways, we as parents, we don't even know some of the implications or some of the the downfalls or evils that could be caused by some of this, integration and use of technology. So let's look at this from a parenting perspective. What are three parental control principles when using phones, tech, the internet, and technology to live by?

00:05:08:23 - 00:05:31:07
Nick Clason
Well let's check it out. So parental control principle number one is parent your child. Don't let your device parent your child. I hear this a lot. I'm a youth pastor. I've been youth ministry for over 13 years. And, a lot of the questions I get about technology and cell phones and internet and usage is what is the best app for my kids and a lot.

00:05:31:08 - 00:05:57:02
Nick Clason
And you got to kind of what I try to uncover with that question is, are you hoping that the app will parent your child and keep them away from all of the dangers of the internet? Because if you are, there is no such thing. Every app has a workaround, every device has a way for a kid to get through every firewall like they there's, way around everything.

00:05:57:02 - 00:06:22:00
Nick Clason
And if they want to sin or if they want to be curious, they will find a way. And so one of the recommendations that I make for parents is use the parental control apps. And we'll get to those in just a minute. But but beyond that create moments, natural moments of conversation. And so I have two children. I have an eight year old and I have a six year old, and they are squarely in Gen Alpha.

00:06:22:00 - 00:06:43:23
Nick Clason
They don't have phones yet. but they do use technology. We have a Nintendo Switch. They watch YouTube on our our smart TV. But I try to create natural moments of conversation. and so every single Friday morning, I take them out to breakfast or to lunch and, I take them out individually and I just, I invest time in them.

00:06:44:01 - 00:07:05:21
Nick Clason
And sometimes it's really meaningful and really monumental, and other times it's just goofy and silly and we're just kind of doing the thing. Okay. But the reason I do that is because there are going to be moments where we need to have some tough conversations down the road, and I don't want, a tough conversation to just have to happen.

00:07:05:21 - 00:07:29:28
Nick Clason
And I, I pull one of my kids aside and I'm like, all right, let's talk. Let's have a tough conversation. I want there to be a natural rhythm and a natural momentum of conversation. And so they know every single Friday that we're going to go to breakfast, we're going to go to lunch. And so when that tough conversation does have to come, I can just weave that into a Friday morning or a Friday afternoon time, time period.

00:07:29:28 - 00:07:49:26
Nick Clason
And it's not out of the norm for them. It's a regular rhythm of relationship and a regular rhythm of connection. And so find ways as parents, to naturally parent your child. Have those conversations about cell phones. Don't just stick a parent monitoring app on there and hope that that does the job. If you are, they're going to find a way around it.

00:07:49:26 - 00:08:19:23
Nick Clason
Instead, get in there, have those conversations, and keep that door of communication open. The second parent, control principle to live by a fight for your children to have real experiences. You know, the amygdala is like the the fight or flight section of the brain, you know, and that amygdala, the ability to to navigate and handle tough moments in life, grows best through real experiences.

00:08:19:25 - 00:08:42:26
Nick Clason
According to, screen smart. they say that video games, social media and pornography are all the same levels of addictive screens. And so if you've ever had a kid playing a video game and you just can't get them off of it and they don't seem like themselves, it's because what that, game is doing to their brains, it has the same effect that social media has.

00:08:42:26 - 00:09:14:23
Nick Clason
It has the same effect that pornography has on their brain. And so in order to free them from that, in order to give them the the real experience is to grow in their amygdala. You have to fight to give them the most opportunity for real experiences. So hear me obviously, on the Hybrid Ministry show, I'm not against tech and I'm not against phones, but as a parent, the more that you can give your children those real experiences is going to help benefit them and give them opportunities to grow.

00:09:14:25 - 00:09:38:14
Nick Clason
And the third parenting principle to live by simply this is just do your best to live in moderation. Too much of one thing is obviously not a great thing, but but too little and and completely shutting it down is also not necessarily a great thing. Look at this. look at this chart here on screen. If you're watching on YouTube.

00:09:38:14 - 00:10:00:07
Nick Clason
This comes from one of my favorite books called It's Just a Phase, written by the rethink Group. But I love this graph because you'll see that you have positional influence as a parent, at a younger age, and you have relational influence and at a younger age, positional influence is everything you have with your children. You are their caretaker and your relational influence is really small.

00:10:00:10 - 00:10:21:17
Nick Clason
But right here in the middle. And this is where generation Alpha is, this is where middle schoolers is. This is where all your elementary schools are. Your positional influence begins to decrease. They need you less and less. And that's ultimately the goal of parenting. And then your relational influence should continue to be growing, which is why I recommend keep the conversation walls open.

00:10:21:24 - 00:10:44:02
Nick Clason
Keep the conversations going so that when you hit this moment of intersection of influence, it's not weird for you to kind of switch roles. And it's not weird for you, and it's not weird for your children. And so in the same way as your children grow older, you're obviously going to trust them with more, including technology and including cell phones.

00:10:44:04 - 00:11:05:26
Nick Clason
And you need to build into that. You need to grow into that relational influence, because if you just your kid turned 16, your kid turns 13, your kid turns whatever age that you deem that a cell phone is good, is viable, is ready, and you just drop it in their lap without having the relational influence, it could be disastrous.

00:11:05:29 - 00:11:27:11
Nick Clason
So continue to build into that. And as you continue to build into that, look for moments, look for markers, look for ways to determine if your child is ready. And as they get more mature, as you grow in your relational influence and drop that positional influence, it may then be time for you to consider giving your child a cell phone.

00:11:27:14 - 00:11:51:06
Nick Clason
So what is my recommended age for giving your kid a cell phone? I mean, truly, as long as you can hold it off and get I get it right. Like, you may be listening to this and you're like, dude, you don't know you have an eight year old and a six year old. And you're right, like I, I would love to not give my kids a cell phone until they're 18 years old, but I don't know if that's realistic.

00:11:51:07 - 00:12:15:19
Nick Clason
Right. I would just say you do what's best for you and your family, do what makes the most sense for you and your context and in your family, but hold off giving your kids a phone as long as you can. especially social media like my recommendation. What I want to try to do is I want to keep my kids away from, algorithms and social media and addictive type things like that.

00:12:15:19 - 00:12:38:18
Nick Clason
As long as I can, potentially even to the age of 18. and then cell phones, maybe 14, maybe 16 without social media, maybe just texting, maybe just calling. It might be different if you have kids in sports and and they need phones to, to get Ahold of you. But the only thing I'll say about that is I lived all my childhood, go into sports without ever having a phone.

00:12:38:23 - 00:12:59:13
Nick Clason
And so we have become accustomed to the luxury that it offers us now. But there was a time in our day and age when it didn't have to happen, and now it feels like it does absolutely have to happen. And so, like I said at the beginning of the video, these are going to be my top three apps with different protections for smartphone.

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And I'm so glad that you're here checking it out, because those are going to be included in the very next video, which is linked right here on screen. So go ahead and give that video a tap. If you're watching this in live time, that will drop next Thursday. So make sure that you are subscribed so that you don't miss it.

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Phones and Screens are the biggest difference between Generation Alpha and all other Generations Before it.
At What Age Should you buy your child a smartphone?
Are screens a blessing or a curse?
3 parental Control Principles to live by from a Pastor
Hybrid Ministry's Recommended Smartphone Age
And the best phone monitoring apps on the market.

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00:00 Are Screens a Blessing or a Curse?
05:17 Principle #1 Phone Apps
08:04 Principle #2 Addictive Screens
09:22 Principle #3 Moderation - Intersection of Influence
11:35 My Recommended Age to Give a Child a Phone
13:01 Top 3 Parental Control Apps

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TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:01 - 00:00:29:09
Nick Clason
At what age should you buy your kids a cell phone? And in this episode, we're also going to look at our screens. A blessing or a curse? Three different parental controls that you can live by in your life as you navigate this technology and cell phone kind of landscape with your children. My recommended age to give your kids a phone and the best phone monitoring apps on the market.

00:00:29:11 - 00:00:57:14
Nick Clason
And don't forget the down below. We've included chapters in the bottom of this video so you can be able to jump around. But first, does anyone remember this? See, this was my childhood internet experience and I was born in 1989, barely even an 80s baby. And this was what my internet experience was. And we had to dial up to get on the internet.

00:00:57:15 - 00:01:21:28
Nick Clason
I would spend my summer afternoons on Aim, chatting with all of my friends. But if my mom wanted to use the phone, she would pick up the phone and it would kick me off of AOL Instant Messenger. Compare that to today, where the internet is in our pocket, our TVs are connected to the internet, and we can watch and browse anything we want on there in our living room.

00:01:21:28 - 00:01:58:22
Nick Clason
And the answer to every single question is literally at our fingertips. It's a blessing paired with a curse. Technology and phones are the common answer when you ask, what's the difference between Generation Alpha and Generation Z or generation Y? Millennials or Gen X, like the common difference is technology and phones. And so it will mark generation alpha as the key indicator and the key difference to their generation.

00:01:58:22 - 00:02:28:22
Nick Clason
And all the other generations that have gone before it. Generation Alpha started and was born and is widely held to be classified as being born in 2010. 2010 is the year that the iPad was invented. It was the year that Instagram was also invented, and it was when app was the word of the year. So those things just simply underscore how marked by technology and screens.

00:02:28:22 - 00:02:59:16
Nick Clason
Generation Alpha is. So I believe that navigating technology is going to be either the key to success or the key to the failure of those in Generation Alpha. So in many ways, the verdict is still out. Our screens good, our screens bad. Is technology helpful? Are they here for the greater good or are they inherently evil and are the causes of them?

00:02:59:19 - 00:03:23:05
Nick Clason
What's causing Gen Alpha to be doomed? You know, we've been discussing in this playlist link right here the the characteristics and the stereotypes of Generation Alpha. Who are they and and how do we teach them? And in today's episode, we're exploring the world of screens. I want you to check out this quote from E.F. Shoemaker who said this about the invention.

00:03:23:08 - 00:03:44:01
Nick Clason
It's either the greatest blessing or it's the greatest curse of modern times. And sometimes we forget which it is. Go ahead and give me a like if you think that that quote is about the internet, and then give me a subscribe. If you think that that quote is about the printing press. And if you give me a like and if you thought it was about the internet, you're wrong.

00:03:44:01 - 00:04:13:22
Nick Clason
So now you also owe me a subscribe because this quote, believe it or not, was about the printing press in the book, Generation Alpha by Mccrindle and fell. They have a quote that says this. It says no doubt. Very few people today worry about the negative impacts of the printing press. And over time, we will see today's digital equivalent of the printing press, overwhelmingly used to promote human flourishing as well.

00:04:13:25 - 00:04:41:11
Nick Clason
You got to remember that tech in the internet and cell phones, we are in its infancy, and Generation Alpha is truly one of the first generations, the the first generation to be born with and use tech from the age that they were born like they were. They grew up with screens and with cell phones and those things in their hands and in their possession and widely available to them.

00:04:41:11 - 00:05:08:22
Nick Clason
So the jury is still out. And in a lot of ways, we as parents, we don't even know some of the implications or some of the the downfalls or evils that could be caused by some of this, integration and use of technology. So let's look at this from a parenting perspective. What are three parental control principles when using phones, tech, the internet, and technology to live by?

00:05:08:23 - 00:05:31:07
Nick Clason
Well let's check it out. So parental control principle number one is parent your child. Don't let your device parent your child. I hear this a lot. I'm a youth pastor. I've been youth ministry for over 13 years. And, a lot of the questions I get about technology and cell phones and internet and usage is what is the best app for my kids and a lot.

00:05:31:08 - 00:05:57:02
Nick Clason
And you got to kind of what I try to uncover with that question is, are you hoping that the app will parent your child and keep them away from all of the dangers of the internet? Because if you are, there is no such thing. Every app has a workaround, every device has a way for a kid to get through every firewall like they there's, way around everything.

00:05:57:02 - 00:06:22:00
Nick Clason
And if they want to sin or if they want to be curious, they will find a way. And so one of the recommendations that I make for parents is use the parental control apps. And we'll get to those in just a minute. But but beyond that create moments, natural moments of conversation. And so I have two children. I have an eight year old and I have a six year old, and they are squarely in Gen Alpha.

00:06:22:00 - 00:06:43:23
Nick Clason
They don't have phones yet. but they do use technology. We have a Nintendo Switch. They watch YouTube on our our smart TV. But I try to create natural moments of conversation. and so every single Friday morning, I take them out to breakfast or to lunch and, I take them out individually and I just, I invest time in them.

00:06:44:01 - 00:07:05:21
Nick Clason
And sometimes it's really meaningful and really monumental, and other times it's just goofy and silly and we're just kind of doing the thing. Okay. But the reason I do that is because there are going to be moments where we need to have some tough conversations down the road, and I don't want, a tough conversation to just have to happen.

00:07:05:21 - 00:07:29:28
Nick Clason
And I, I pull one of my kids aside and I'm like, all right, let's talk. Let's have a tough conversation. I want there to be a natural rhythm and a natural momentum of conversation. And so they know every single Friday that we're going to go to breakfast, we're going to go to lunch. And so when that tough conversation does have to come, I can just weave that into a Friday morning or a Friday afternoon time, time period.

00:07:29:28 - 00:07:49:26
Nick Clason
And it's not out of the norm for them. It's a regular rhythm of relationship and a regular rhythm of connection. And so find ways as parents, to naturally parent your child. Have those conversations about cell phones. Don't just stick a parent monitoring app on there and hope that that does the job. If you are, they're going to find a way around it.

00:07:49:26 - 00:08:19:23
Nick Clason
Instead, get in there, have those conversations, and keep that door of communication open. The second parent, control principle to live by a fight for your children to have real experiences. You know, the amygdala is like the the fight or flight section of the brain, you know, and that amygdala, the ability to to navigate and handle tough moments in life, grows best through real experiences.

00:08:19:25 - 00:08:42:26
Nick Clason
According to, screen smart. they say that video games, social media and pornography are all the same levels of addictive screens. And so if you've ever had a kid playing a video game and you just can't get them off of it and they don't seem like themselves, it's because what that, game is doing to their brains, it has the same effect that social media has.

00:08:42:26 - 00:09:14:23
Nick Clason
It has the same effect that pornography has on their brain. And so in order to free them from that, in order to give them the the real experience is to grow in their amygdala. You have to fight to give them the most opportunity for real experiences. So hear me obviously, on the Hybrid Ministry show, I'm not against tech and I'm not against phones, but as a parent, the more that you can give your children those real experiences is going to help benefit them and give them opportunities to grow.

00:09:14:25 - 00:09:38:14
Nick Clason
And the third parenting principle to live by simply this is just do your best to live in moderation. Too much of one thing is obviously not a great thing, but but too little and and completely shutting it down is also not necessarily a great thing. Look at this. look at this chart here on screen. If you're watching on YouTube.

00:09:38:14 - 00:10:00:07
Nick Clason
This comes from one of my favorite books called It's Just a Phase, written by the rethink Group. But I love this graph because you'll see that you have positional influence as a parent, at a younger age, and you have relational influence and at a younger age, positional influence is everything you have with your children. You are their caretaker and your relational influence is really small.

00:10:00:10 - 00:10:21:17
Nick Clason
But right here in the middle. And this is where generation Alpha is, this is where middle schoolers is. This is where all your elementary schools are. Your positional influence begins to decrease. They need you less and less. And that's ultimately the goal of parenting. And then your relational influence should continue to be growing, which is why I recommend keep the conversation walls open.

00:10:21:24 - 00:10:44:02
Nick Clason
Keep the conversations going so that when you hit this moment of intersection of influence, it's not weird for you to kind of switch roles. And it's not weird for you, and it's not weird for your children. And so in the same way as your children grow older, you're obviously going to trust them with more, including technology and including cell phones.

00:10:44:04 - 00:11:05:26
Nick Clason
And you need to build into that. You need to grow into that relational influence, because if you just your kid turned 16, your kid turns 13, your kid turns whatever age that you deem that a cell phone is good, is viable, is ready, and you just drop it in their lap without having the relational influence, it could be disastrous.

00:11:05:29 - 00:11:27:11
Nick Clason
So continue to build into that. And as you continue to build into that, look for moments, look for markers, look for ways to determine if your child is ready. And as they get more mature, as you grow in your relational influence and drop that positional influence, it may then be time for you to consider giving your child a cell phone.

00:11:27:14 - 00:11:51:06
Nick Clason
So what is my recommended age for giving your kid a cell phone? I mean, truly, as long as you can hold it off and get I get it right. Like, you may be listening to this and you're like, dude, you don't know you have an eight year old and a six year old. And you're right, like I, I would love to not give my kids a cell phone until they're 18 years old, but I don't know if that's realistic.

00:11:51:07 - 00:12:15:19
Nick Clason
Right. I would just say you do what's best for you and your family, do what makes the most sense for you and your context and in your family, but hold off giving your kids a phone as long as you can. especially social media like my recommendation. What I want to try to do is I want to keep my kids away from, algorithms and social media and addictive type things like that.

00:12:15:19 - 00:12:38:18
Nick Clason
As long as I can, potentially even to the age of 18. and then cell phones, maybe 14, maybe 16 without social media, maybe just texting, maybe just calling. It might be different if you have kids in sports and and they need phones to, to get Ahold of you. But the only thing I'll say about that is I lived all my childhood, go into sports without ever having a phone.

00:12:38:23 - 00:12:59:13
Nick Clason
And so we have become accustomed to the luxury that it offers us now. But there was a time in our day and age when it didn't have to happen, and now it feels like it does absolutely have to happen. And so, like I said at the beginning of the video, these are going to be my top three apps with different protections for smartphone.

00:12:59:15 - 00:13:16:14
Nick Clason
And I'm so glad that you're here checking it out, because those are going to be included in the very next video, which is linked right here on screen. So go ahead and give that video a tap. If you're watching this in live time, that will drop next Thursday. So make sure that you are subscribed so that you don't miss it.

00:13:16:14 - 00:13:31:06
Nick Clason
If you're watching this on repeat, that'll be right here on screen. Watch these videos. And don't forget we are here to make digital discipleship easy, possible, and accessible. So as always, don't forget to stay hybrid.

]]> Episode 113: Teaching iPad Kids with Brainrot - Gen Alpha Unlocked https://www.hybridministry.xyz/113 eff1c2c2-2fac-4c81-bbd6-b53faad045e0 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:00:00 -0500 Nick Clason 113 Teaching iPad Kids with Brainrot - Gen Alpha Unlocked full Nick Clason WHAT IS BRAINROT?! How do we teach a generation sucked down the "Brainrot" wormhole? What are the unique social challenges facing Gen Alpha? And what is the ONE KEY to getting through to this Generation as a teacher, pastor or educator? Finally, we'll explore the difference between traditional teaching models and more modern approaches to learning. 12:19 no 🔥 [FREE] Hybrid Ministry Strategy Guide🔥 https://hybrid-ministry-40060036.hubspotpagebuilder.com/free-hybrid-ministry-e-book 💥[CUSTOM] Hybrid Coaching💥 https://www.hybridministry.xyz/articles/coaching ====================================== DESCRIPTION WHAT IS BRAINROT?! How do we teach a generation sucked down the "Brainrot" wormhole? 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I'm also going to share with you the one key to getting through to this generation. And finally 00:00:14:08 - 00:00:18:16 Nick Clason was what are the traditional teaching models versus modern methods of teaching? But 00:00:18:16 - 00:00:20:07 Nick Clason first, what in the world 00:00:20:07 - 00:00:27:16 Nick Clason is brain rot? I went to the world's foremost authority, which is Reddit, and you know that with this person, this user is, Sakai said. 00:00:27:16 - 00:00:29:18 Nick Clason Brain rot is the idea that exposure to 00:00:29:18 - 00:00:33:00 Nick Clason certain content can basically turn you into an idiot. 00:00:33:00 - 00:00:55:08 Nick Clason Have you heard? Have you heard the term brain rot? Give me a like if you have and give me a subscribe if you haven't, because you probably need to hear some of this stuff. But according to Mccrindle and fell in the book that I am reading for some of this research on Generation Alpha, they said Gen Alpha seamlessly integrates technology and screens into their lives, and they can't imagine a world without it. 00:00:55:10 - 00:01:03:21 Nick Clason Furthermore, they said Generation Alpha is using Texians before they could talk, and so we have yet to see the full impacts of their interactions with 00:01:03:21 - 00:01:08:23 Nick Clason screens, which is why I believe some people say that Generation Alpha is doomed. 00:01:08:23 - 00:01:11:15 Nick Clason They consume more and more content 00:01:11:15 - 00:01:18:24 Nick Clason online. That is just silly and dumb and stupid. And I think that's where some people go ahead and dub it and classify it as brain rotten. 00:01:18:24 - 00:01:23:05 Nick Clason So how can we as parents and educators, pastors and teachers who love them? How can we 00:01:23:05 - 00:01:30:24 Nick Clason pull them up out of it? Well, to make matters worse, beyond just this brain rot thing, there are some social challenges that 00:01:30:24 - 00:01:40:05 Nick Clason Generation Alpha is facing on a regular basis, according to parents. The top five things that Generation Alpha is facing is bullying. 00:01:40:08 - 00:02:02:22 Nick Clason Online bullying through social networks, navigating their own mental wellbeing, social pressure to be a high achiever and then the pressure to grow up faster. The list is the same with educators, but it's in a little bit of a different order with a little bit of different percentages. Educators would say the number one thing that Generation Alpha is facing is online bullying through social networks, the pressure to grow up faster. 00:02:02:23 - 00:02:10:26 Nick Clason Social pressure to be a high achiever, navigating their own mental wellbeing and then navigating loneliness and social isolation. 00:02:10:26 - 00:02:27:23 Nick Clason Tony George, who's the headmaster at The King's School, says this is never before have we been so connected and yet so lonely at the same time. And so to be human is to be relational. Yet social media has now come to amplify the worst of humility the anti-social. 00:02:27:27 - 00:02:48:12 Nick Clason Technology amplifies wellbeing issues like bullying, and we have to deal with that. Other issues facing Generation Alpha that are social challenges are things that we just have to be aware of and come to grips with. Up aging. We talked about up in the last video, which is linked right here. When we explored and introduced Generation Alpha for the first time. 00:02:48:15 - 00:02:51:16 Nick Clason Another thing that kind of comes to the forefront, especially with 00:02:51:16 - 00:02:53:19 Nick Clason education, is just sitting still. This 00:02:53:19 - 00:03:02:04 Nick Clason generation is finding it harder and harder to stay still. And so in a traditional classroom setting, how do you manage something like that? 00:03:02:04 - 00:03:04:26 Nick Clason You know my own context in student ministry. 00:03:04:26 - 00:03:16:19 Nick Clason One of the things that I do to sort of overcome the sitting still conundrum is we try to integrate, turn and talks where I'll teach for a little bit, and then I'll let them turn and have an opportunity to talk. 00:03:16:21 - 00:03:17:08 Nick Clason I use this 00:03:17:08 - 00:03:25:15 Nick Clason feature on demand side gig presentation model that has different poll features so that they can use their phone. They can seamlessly, 00:03:25:15 - 00:03:30:13 Nick Clason as we said earlier, seamlessly integrate into the technology that's in front of them 00:03:30:13 - 00:03:46:05 Nick Clason and try to create moments of interaction amongst them, amongst myself as the communicator and the presenter. I try to break up my teaching methods so that I'm not like teaching for like a half an hour straight, but I'll teach for a little bit, and then we'll put a break in the middle and do some other stuff, and I'll teach 00:03:46:05 - 00:03:47:10 Nick Clason a little bit more. 00:03:47:13 - 00:03:52:15 Nick Clason We also like to put paper down on the tables that they're sitting at, so that they can doodle 00:03:52:15 - 00:03:57:24 Nick Clason on it, or even just take notes to keep paying attention to what's going on in the 00:03:57:24 - 00:04:02:03 Nick Clason room. Other things that they face online bullying, 00:04:02:03 - 00:04:13:05 Nick Clason children, developing with technology is another thing that they face. Like, for example, kids who say, hey, Alexa, play like that's just a normal part of their vernacular, and we don't know what the implications are yet 00:04:13:05 - 00:04:17:23 Nick Clason for kids who have been raised with this as a normal fabric and part of their life. 00:04:17:24 - 00:04:18:00 Nick Clason I know 00:04:18:00 - 00:04:30:06 Nick Clason I installed my very first Alexa when my, now eight year old, who is in Generation Alpha, was a baby, and so he's only ever had an Alexa device in his house. 00:04:30:06 - 00:04:42:06 Nick Clason And YouTube is becoming the preferred source and piece of entertainment with Generation Alpha, with, people like PewDiePie. Dude. Perfect. MrBeast, Ryan's World, and the odd is out. 00:04:42:09 - 00:04:42:13 Nick Clason And 00:04:42:13 - 00:04:49:11 Nick Clason finally, how do we keep these kids safe? Parents especially are concerned about safety of Generation Alpha, especially with 00:04:49:11 - 00:04:57:10 Nick Clason the rise of shows like Murder Next Door. And so how do we keep our children and Generation Alpha safe? Well, I'm glad that you asked, 00:04:57:10 - 00:05:09:23 Nick Clason because I now do think that with those social challenges sort of in view, how do we with those social challenges with the idea of brain rot, what is the key to getting through to this generation? 00:05:10:00 - 00:05:18:14 Nick Clason Let's check it out. one of the keys, I believe, to getting through to Generation Alpha is to be an active listener. 00:05:18:14 - 00:05:34:03 Nick Clason Once again, from the book Generation Alphabet. Mccrindle and Phil, they give kind of five steps to active listening. And I want to share them with you because I thought that they're fantastic because we all the generation Alpha was grown up with, cell phones and technology. 00:05:34:04 - 00:05:44:13 Nick Clason We all are victims to the cell phone, world. And we all are victims to screens. And so they're keys to kind of this active listening is, number one 00:05:44:13 - 00:05:47:08 Nick Clason to squarely face the listener. When 00:05:47:08 - 00:05:48:29 Nick Clason you squarely face the listener, you 00:05:48:29 - 00:05:52:04 Nick Clason can demonstrate full attention and interest. 00:05:52:04 - 00:05:54:25 Nick Clason Number two, open body language. So 00:05:54:25 - 00:05:57:27 Nick Clason put down your screen, uncross your arms. 00:05:57:27 - 00:06:02:21 Nick Clason And that indicates and communicates interest and attention. 00:06:02:21 - 00:06:06:29 Nick Clason If you lean forward, lean towards them. Then that will help give 00:06:06:29 - 00:06:17:01 Nick Clason the speaker, the idea that you are interested as opposed to leaning back, which, kind of helps demonstrate that you may be less interested in what they have to say. 00:06:17:01 - 00:06:21:09 Nick Clason Finally, eye contact offer focus on the speaker, and we look them squarely 00:06:21:09 - 00:06:23:06 Nick Clason in the eye and give them our full attention. 00:06:23:11 - 00:06:28:26 Nick Clason That also communicates that they have value and that what they say matters and is interesting. And then finally 00:06:28:26 - 00:06:46:25 Nick Clason give responsive gestures like nods and ahas and other affirming feedback. The speaker will share more as we, as a listener, display our empathy and our ability to engage with them. Now, here's the thing. You all know that you've all heard that that's just the key to active listening. 00:06:46:25 - 00:07:17:16 Nick Clason But with screens as a hurdle in a lot of our lives, we need to practice putting those things down and practice active listening with Generation Alpha. And I believe that we will help them get off of their devices if we can show them and share with them a way to interact as human beings. 2018 The National Institute of Health reported that children who spend more than two hours on screens demonstrated lower language and thinking skills, 00:07:17:16 - 00:07:30:19 Nick Clason and so it's important that we all help model four generation Alpha, who's grown up with screens, who's only ever known a model for them, what it's like to have healthy relationship with other human beings, and also how to get 00:07:30:19 - 00:07:59:12 Nick Clason away from screens and really experience and unlock the fullness of life. So if we're teachers, pastors, educators, I'm a youth pastor. Like, how do we teach Generation Alpha more than 4 in 5, but 83% or more in seven and ten? About 71% of educators believe that schools today are doing much better at engaging students with their very different learning styles, 00:07:59:12 - 00:08:12:16 Nick Clason but teach students today are experiencing a teacher facilitated, interactive, learning centric environment, and classroom layouts are now designed to help sort of reflect this. 00:08:12:16 - 00:08:40:00 Nick Clason And so what are some of the keys and the differences between traditional teaching models and and more? classic and now new like learning styles. It's kind of like the difference between self-directed and some of the individualized styles of learning. And so unlike a traditional classroom setting, you may be more verbal and just talk more, but I think a more modern style of learning for Generation Alpha is they're more visual. 00:08:40:06 - 00:08:43:00 Nick Clason So how can you bring about visual aid? How can you bring about 00:08:43:00 - 00:08:51:24 Nick Clason object lessons and things that are going to allow them to see it with their eyes and let that come to life in a little bit of a different way? Traditional 00:08:51:24 - 00:08:58:28 Nick Clason models might be, hey, sit and be quiet and listen. But now more modern methods of learning are try it and see. 00:08:59:02 - 00:09:19:02 Nick Clason And, you know, I think that's a challenge for a lot of us in churches and in student ministry, because how do we help kids try and see what is there in the Bible? You know, last week I tried something. It was an experiment. I don't even know if I liked it yet or not, but I had students look up verses to help me describe the character of God. 00:09:19:02 - 00:09:20:07 Nick Clason And then when they looked them 00:09:20:07 - 00:09:46:09 Nick Clason up, they told them to me. And from the stage and from the platform, I had my TV or my my, computer, airplane, Bible gateway.com. And I looked at verse up live time and then it would show on the screen, and then everyone could read it together. That was just an example of me trying to let them kind of try to look up in the Bible for themselves and then see what they looked up and kind of add to the teaching method. 00:09:46:15 - 00:10:11:27 Nick Clason Traditional. Other traditional methods of learning might be an authoritarian method of learning with the teacher who's in charge and who's the boss. But now more modern methods of learning are a participant per participatory right, letting generation Alpha actually participate in their learning and in the teaching style. Traditional models might be more curriculum centered, where now they're more learner 00:10:11:27 - 00:10:19:04 Nick Clason centric and trying to get through to them and give them, what they need in order to learn, traditional might 00:10:19:04 - 00:10:24:13 Nick Clason be more closed book exams, but we live in an open book world, 00:10:24:13 - 00:10:24:19 Nick Clason right? 00:10:24:23 - 00:10:31:25 Nick Clason You're never going to be faced to in a situation where you don't have access to find the answer to something, especially with a cell 00:10:31:25 - 00:10:38:28 Nick Clason phone in your pocket. So how do we as educators, as teachers, as pastors, how do we navigate that for 00:10:38:28 - 00:10:42:05 Nick Clason Generation Alpha in a way that makes sense? 00:10:42:05 - 00:10:46:23 Nick Clason Traditional would be books and paper. But now we have glass and we have devices. 00:10:46:23 - 00:10:56:10 Nick Clason We have cell phones. We have ways to look things up. Traditional would be theoretical thinking, but now there's more practical skills that need to be taught and conveyed and 00:10:56:10 - 00:11:07:26 Nick Clason and given to the next generation. As we said in the last episode, that several of the jobs that they're going to be taking are going to be different than than jobs that even exist now. 00:11:08:00 - 00:11:09:13 Nick Clason And finally, direct 00:11:09:13 - 00:11:13:21 Nick Clason instruction versus inquiry based learning. So, 00:11:13:21 - 00:11:44:14 Nick Clason so with all of this different kind of conflicting information, what do you think our approach to education as pastors and educators should be with Generation Alpha? What even further more should be should our approach with cell phones be should we embrace them and find a way to let generation Alpha use them, or should we push them away because they disrupt the traditional ways of teaching and educating? 00:11:44:14 - 00:12:01:12 Nick Clason How do we navigate that? 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WHAT IS BRAINROT?!
How do we teach a generation sucked down the "Brainrot" wormhole?
What are the unique social challenges facing Gen Alpha?
And what is the ONE KEY to getting through to this Generation as a teacher, pastor or educator?
Finally, we'll explore the difference between traditional teaching models and more modern approaches to learning.

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🕰️TIMECODES
00:00 What is Brainrot?
01:30 Social Challenges Facing Gen Alpha
05:13 5 Keys to Actively Listening
07:42 Traditional vs. Modern Teaching Methods
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✍️TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:01:03
Nick Clason
In this episode,

00:00:01:08 - 00:00:06:17
Nick Clason
we're going to explore the different social challenges facing the iPad generation

00:00:06:17 - 00:00:14:08
Nick Clason
known as Generation Alpha. I'm also going to share with you the one key to getting through to this generation. And finally

00:00:14:08 - 00:00:18:16
Nick Clason
was what are the traditional teaching models versus modern methods of teaching? But

00:00:18:16 - 00:00:20:07
Nick Clason
first, what in the world

00:00:20:07 - 00:00:27:16
Nick Clason
is brain rot? I went to the world's foremost authority, which is Reddit, and you know that with this person, this user is, Sakai said.

00:00:27:16 - 00:00:29:18
Nick Clason
Brain rot is the idea that exposure to

00:00:29:18 - 00:00:33:00
Nick Clason
certain content can basically turn you into an idiot.

00:00:33:00 - 00:00:55:08
Nick Clason
Have you heard? Have you heard the term brain rot? Give me a like if you have and give me a subscribe if you haven't, because you probably need to hear some of this stuff. But according to Mccrindle and fell in the book that I am reading for some of this research on Generation Alpha, they said Gen Alpha seamlessly integrates technology and screens into their lives, and they can't imagine a world without it.

00:00:55:10 - 00:01:03:21
Nick Clason
Furthermore, they said Generation Alpha is using Texians before they could talk, and so we have yet to see the full impacts of their interactions with

00:01:03:21 - 00:01:08:23
Nick Clason
screens, which is why I believe some people say that Generation Alpha is doomed.

00:01:08:23 - 00:01:11:15
Nick Clason
They consume more and more content

00:01:11:15 - 00:01:18:24
Nick Clason
online. That is just silly and dumb and stupid. And I think that's where some people go ahead and dub it and classify it as brain rotten.

00:01:18:24 - 00:01:23:05
Nick Clason
So how can we as parents and educators, pastors and teachers who love them? How can we

00:01:23:05 - 00:01:30:24
Nick Clason
pull them up out of it? Well, to make matters worse, beyond just this brain rot thing, there are some social challenges that

00:01:30:24 - 00:01:40:05
Nick Clason
Generation Alpha is facing on a regular basis, according to parents. The top five things that Generation Alpha is facing is bullying.

00:01:40:08 - 00:02:02:22
Nick Clason
Online bullying through social networks, navigating their own mental wellbeing, social pressure to be a high achiever and then the pressure to grow up faster. The list is the same with educators, but it's in a little bit of a different order with a little bit of different percentages. Educators would say the number one thing that Generation Alpha is facing is online bullying through social networks, the pressure to grow up faster.

00:02:02:23 - 00:02:10:26
Nick Clason
Social pressure to be a high achiever, navigating their own mental wellbeing and then navigating loneliness and social isolation.

00:02:10:26 - 00:02:27:23
Nick Clason
Tony George, who's the headmaster at The King's School, says this is never before have we been so connected and yet so lonely at the same time. And so to be human is to be relational. Yet social media has now come to amplify the worst of humility the anti-social.

00:02:27:27 - 00:02:48:12
Nick Clason
Technology amplifies wellbeing issues like bullying, and we have to deal with that. Other issues facing Generation Alpha that are social challenges are things that we just have to be aware of and come to grips with. Up aging. We talked about up in the last video, which is linked right here. When we explored and introduced Generation Alpha for the first time.

00:02:48:15 - 00:02:51:16
Nick Clason
Another thing that kind of comes to the forefront, especially with

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Nick Clason
education, is just sitting still. This

00:02:53:19 - 00:03:02:04
Nick Clason
generation is finding it harder and harder to stay still. And so in a traditional classroom setting, how do you manage something like that?

00:03:02:04 - 00:03:04:26
Nick Clason
You know my own context in student ministry.

00:03:04:26 - 00:03:16:19
Nick Clason
One of the things that I do to sort of overcome the sitting still conundrum is we try to integrate, turn and talks where I'll teach for a little bit, and then I'll let them turn and have an opportunity to talk.

00:03:16:21 - 00:03:17:08
Nick Clason
I use this

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Nick Clason
feature on demand side gig presentation model that has different poll features so that they can use their phone. They can seamlessly,

00:03:25:15 - 00:03:30:13
Nick Clason
as we said earlier, seamlessly integrate into the technology that's in front of them

00:03:30:13 - 00:03:46:05
Nick Clason
and try to create moments of interaction amongst them, amongst myself as the communicator and the presenter. I try to break up my teaching methods so that I'm not like teaching for like a half an hour straight, but I'll teach for a little bit, and then we'll put a break in the middle and do some other stuff, and I'll teach

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Nick Clason
a little bit more.

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Nick Clason
We also like to put paper down on the tables that they're sitting at, so that they can doodle

00:03:52:15 - 00:03:57:24
Nick Clason
on it, or even just take notes to keep paying attention to what's going on in the

00:03:57:24 - 00:04:02:03
Nick Clason
room. Other things that they face online bullying,

00:04:02:03 - 00:04:13:05
Nick Clason
children, developing with technology is another thing that they face. Like, for example, kids who say, hey, Alexa, play like that's just a normal part of their vernacular, and we don't know what the implications are yet

00:04:13:05 - 00:04:17:23
Nick Clason
for kids who have been raised with this as a normal fabric and part of their life.

00:04:17:24 - 00:04:18:00
Nick Clason
I know

00:04:18:00 - 00:04:30:06
Nick Clason
I installed my very first Alexa when my, now eight year old, who is in Generation Alpha, was a baby, and so he's only ever had an Alexa device in his house.

00:04:30:06 - 00:04:42:06
Nick Clason
And YouTube is becoming the preferred source and piece of entertainment with Generation Alpha, with, people like PewDiePie. Dude. Perfect. MrBeast, Ryan's World, and the odd is out.

00:04:42:09 - 00:04:42:13
Nick Clason
And

00:04:42:13 - 00:04:49:11
Nick Clason
finally, how do we keep these kids safe? Parents especially are concerned about safety of Generation Alpha, especially with

00:04:49:11 - 00:04:57:10
Nick Clason
the rise of shows like Murder Next Door. And so how do we keep our children and Generation Alpha safe? Well, I'm glad that you asked,

00:04:57:10 - 00:05:09:23
Nick Clason
because I now do think that with those social challenges sort of in view, how do we with those social challenges with the idea of brain rot, what is the key to getting through to this generation?

00:05:10:00 - 00:05:18:14
Nick Clason
Let's check it out. one of the keys, I believe, to getting through to Generation Alpha is to be an active listener.

00:05:18:14 - 00:05:34:03
Nick Clason
Once again, from the book Generation Alphabet. Mccrindle and Phil, they give kind of five steps to active listening. And I want to share them with you because I thought that they're fantastic because we all the generation Alpha was grown up with, cell phones and technology.

00:05:34:04 - 00:05:44:13
Nick Clason
We all are victims to the cell phone, world. And we all are victims to screens. And so they're keys to kind of this active listening is, number one

00:05:44:13 - 00:05:47:08
Nick Clason
to squarely face the listener. When

00:05:47:08 - 00:05:48:29
Nick Clason
you squarely face the listener, you

00:05:48:29 - 00:05:52:04
Nick Clason
can demonstrate full attention and interest.

00:05:52:04 - 00:05:54:25
Nick Clason
Number two, open body language. So

00:05:54:25 - 00:05:57:27
Nick Clason
put down your screen, uncross your arms.

00:05:57:27 - 00:06:02:21
Nick Clason
And that indicates and communicates interest and attention.

00:06:02:21 - 00:06:06:29
Nick Clason
If you lean forward, lean towards them. Then that will help give

00:06:06:29 - 00:06:17:01
Nick Clason
the speaker, the idea that you are interested as opposed to leaning back, which, kind of helps demonstrate that you may be less interested in what they have to say.

00:06:17:01 - 00:06:21:09
Nick Clason
Finally, eye contact offer focus on the speaker, and we look them squarely

00:06:21:09 - 00:06:23:06
Nick Clason
in the eye and give them our full attention.

00:06:23:11 - 00:06:28:26
Nick Clason
That also communicates that they have value and that what they say matters and is interesting. And then finally

00:06:28:26 - 00:06:46:25
Nick Clason
give responsive gestures like nods and ahas and other affirming feedback. The speaker will share more as we, as a listener, display our empathy and our ability to engage with them. Now, here's the thing. You all know that you've all heard that that's just the key to active listening.

00:06:46:25 - 00:07:17:16
Nick Clason
But with screens as a hurdle in a lot of our lives, we need to practice putting those things down and practice active listening with Generation Alpha. And I believe that we will help them get off of their devices if we can show them and share with them a way to interact as human beings. 2018 The National Institute of Health reported that children who spend more than two hours on screens demonstrated lower language and thinking skills,

00:07:17:16 - 00:07:30:19
Nick Clason
and so it's important that we all help model four generation Alpha, who's grown up with screens, who's only ever known a model for them, what it's like to have healthy relationship with other human beings, and also how to get

00:07:30:19 - 00:07:59:12
Nick Clason
away from screens and really experience and unlock the fullness of life. So if we're teachers, pastors, educators, I'm a youth pastor. Like, how do we teach Generation Alpha more than 4 in 5, but 83% or more in seven and ten? About 71% of educators believe that schools today are doing much better at engaging students with their very different learning styles,

00:07:59:12 - 00:08:12:16
Nick Clason
but teach students today are experiencing a teacher facilitated, interactive, learning centric environment, and classroom layouts are now designed to help sort of reflect this.

00:08:12:16 - 00:08:40:00
Nick Clason
And so what are some of the keys and the differences between traditional teaching models and and more? classic and now new like learning styles. It's kind of like the difference between self-directed and some of the individualized styles of learning. And so unlike a traditional classroom setting, you may be more verbal and just talk more, but I think a more modern style of learning for Generation Alpha is they're more visual.

00:08:40:06 - 00:08:43:00
Nick Clason
So how can you bring about visual aid? How can you bring about

00:08:43:00 - 00:08:51:24
Nick Clason
object lessons and things that are going to allow them to see it with their eyes and let that come to life in a little bit of a different way? Traditional

00:08:51:24 - 00:08:58:28
Nick Clason
models might be, hey, sit and be quiet and listen. But now more modern methods of learning are try it and see.

00:08:59:02 - 00:09:19:02
Nick Clason
And, you know, I think that's a challenge for a lot of us in churches and in student ministry, because how do we help kids try and see what is there in the Bible? You know, last week I tried something. It was an experiment. I don't even know if I liked it yet or not, but I had students look up verses to help me describe the character of God.

00:09:19:02 - 00:09:20:07
Nick Clason
And then when they looked them

00:09:20:07 - 00:09:46:09
Nick Clason
up, they told them to me. And from the stage and from the platform, I had my TV or my my, computer, airplane, Bible gateway.com. And I looked at verse up live time and then it would show on the screen, and then everyone could read it together. That was just an example of me trying to let them kind of try to look up in the Bible for themselves and then see what they looked up and kind of add to the teaching method.

00:09:46:15 - 00:10:11:27
Nick Clason
Traditional. Other traditional methods of learning might be an authoritarian method of learning with the teacher who's in charge and who's the boss. But now more modern methods of learning are a participant per participatory right, letting generation Alpha actually participate in their learning and in the teaching style. Traditional models might be more curriculum centered, where now they're more learner

00:10:11:27 - 00:10:19:04
Nick Clason
centric and trying to get through to them and give them, what they need in order to learn, traditional might

00:10:19:04 - 00:10:24:13
Nick Clason
be more closed book exams, but we live in an open book world,

00:10:24:13 - 00:10:24:19
Nick Clason
right?

00:10:24:23 - 00:10:31:25
Nick Clason
You're never going to be faced to in a situation where you don't have access to find the answer to something, especially with a cell

00:10:31:25 - 00:10:38:28
Nick Clason
phone in your pocket. So how do we as educators, as teachers, as pastors, how do we navigate that for

00:10:38:28 - 00:10:42:05
Nick Clason
Generation Alpha in a way that makes sense?

00:10:42:05 - 00:10:46:23
Nick Clason
Traditional would be books and paper. But now we have glass and we have devices.

00:10:46:23 - 00:10:56:10
Nick Clason
We have cell phones. We have ways to look things up. Traditional would be theoretical thinking, but now there's more practical skills that need to be taught and conveyed and

00:10:56:10 - 00:11:07:26
Nick Clason
and given to the next generation. As we said in the last episode, that several of the jobs that they're going to be taking are going to be different than than jobs that even exist now.

00:11:08:00 - 00:11:09:13
Nick Clason
And finally, direct

00:11:09:13 - 00:11:13:21
Nick Clason
instruction versus inquiry based learning. So,

00:11:13:21 - 00:11:44:14
Nick Clason
so with all of this different kind of conflicting information, what do you think our approach to education as pastors and educators should be with Generation Alpha? What even further more should be should our approach with cell phones be should we embrace them and find a way to let generation Alpha use them, or should we push them away because they disrupt the traditional ways of teaching and educating?

00:11:44:14 - 00:12:01:12
Nick Clason
How do we navigate that? As youth pastors? How do we navigate that as parents? What do you do if you have a generation alpha kid, do you lean into a phone? Do you embrace it or do you hold off giving it to them? Well, I'm glad you asked because I want to explore that in the very next episode, which is linked right here on screen.

00:12:01:19 - 00:12:16:13
Nick Clason
So feel free to tap that. And I would love to talk to you even more about my findings in that, don't forget that we are making digital discipleship easy, possible, and accessible. So as always, stay hybrid.

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WHAT IS BRAINROT?!
How do we teach a generation sucked down the "Brainrot" wormhole?
What are the unique social challenges facing Gen Alpha?
And what is the ONE KEY to getting through to this Generation as a teacher, pastor or educator?
Finally, we'll explore the difference between traditional teaching models and more modern approaches to learning.

//SHOWNOTES & TRANSCRIPTS
http://www.hybridministry.xyz/113

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//MEET GEN ALPHA
https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Alpha-Mark-McCrindle/dp/0733646301

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🕰️TIMECODES
00:00 What is Brainrot?
01:30 Social Challenges Facing Gen Alpha
05:13 5 Keys to Actively Listening
07:42 Traditional vs. Modern Teaching Methods
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✍️TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:01:03
Nick Clason
In this episode,

00:00:01:08 - 00:00:06:17
Nick Clason
we're going to explore the different social challenges facing the iPad generation

00:00:06:17 - 00:00:14:08
Nick Clason
known as Generation Alpha. I'm also going to share with you the one key to getting through to this generation. And finally

00:00:14:08 - 00:00:18:16
Nick Clason
was what are the traditional teaching models versus modern methods of teaching? But

00:00:18:16 - 00:00:20:07
Nick Clason
first, what in the world

00:00:20:07 - 00:00:27:16
Nick Clason
is brain rot? I went to the world's foremost authority, which is Reddit, and you know that with this person, this user is, Sakai said.

00:00:27:16 - 00:00:29:18
Nick Clason
Brain rot is the idea that exposure to

00:00:29:18 - 00:00:33:00
Nick Clason
certain content can basically turn you into an idiot.

00:00:33:00 - 00:00:55:08
Nick Clason
Have you heard? Have you heard the term brain rot? Give me a like if you have and give me a subscribe if you haven't, because you probably need to hear some of this stuff. But according to Mccrindle and fell in the book that I am reading for some of this research on Generation Alpha, they said Gen Alpha seamlessly integrates technology and screens into their lives, and they can't imagine a world without it.

00:00:55:10 - 00:01:03:21
Nick Clason
Furthermore, they said Generation Alpha is using Texians before they could talk, and so we have yet to see the full impacts of their interactions with

00:01:03:21 - 00:01:08:23
Nick Clason
screens, which is why I believe some people say that Generation Alpha is doomed.

00:01:08:23 - 00:01:11:15
Nick Clason
They consume more and more content

00:01:11:15 - 00:01:18:24
Nick Clason
online. That is just silly and dumb and stupid. And I think that's where some people go ahead and dub it and classify it as brain rotten.

00:01:18:24 - 00:01:23:05
Nick Clason
So how can we as parents and educators, pastors and teachers who love them? How can we

00:01:23:05 - 00:01:30:24
Nick Clason
pull them up out of it? Well, to make matters worse, beyond just this brain rot thing, there are some social challenges that

00:01:30:24 - 00:01:40:05
Nick Clason
Generation Alpha is facing on a regular basis, according to parents. The top five things that Generation Alpha is facing is bullying.

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Online bullying through social networks, navigating their own mental wellbeing, social pressure to be a high achiever and then the pressure to grow up faster. The list is the same with educators, but it's in a little bit of a different order with a little bit of different percentages. Educators would say the number one thing that Generation Alpha is facing is online bullying through social networks, the pressure to grow up faster.

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Social pressure to be a high achiever, navigating their own mental wellbeing and then navigating loneliness and social isolation.

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Tony George, who's the headmaster at The King's School, says this is never before have we been so connected and yet so lonely at the same time. And so to be human is to be relational. Yet social media has now come to amplify the worst of humility the anti-social.

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Technology amplifies wellbeing issues like bullying, and we have to deal with that. Other issues facing Generation Alpha that are social challenges are things that we just have to be aware of and come to grips with. Up aging. We talked about up in the last video, which is linked right here. When we explored and introduced Generation Alpha for the first time.

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Another thing that kind of comes to the forefront, especially with

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education, is just sitting still. This

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generation is finding it harder and harder to stay still. And so in a traditional classroom setting, how do you manage something like that?

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You know my own context in student ministry.

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One of the things that I do to sort of overcome the sitting still conundrum is we try to integrate, turn and talks where I'll teach for a little bit, and then I'll let them turn and have an opportunity to talk.

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I use this

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feature on demand side gig presentation model that has different poll features so that they can use their phone. They can seamlessly,

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as we said earlier, seamlessly integrate into the technology that's in front of them

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and try to create moments of interaction amongst them, amongst myself as the communicator and the presenter. I try to break up my teaching methods so that I'm not like teaching for like a half an hour straight, but I'll teach for a little bit, and then we'll put a break in the middle and do some other stuff, and I'll teach

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a little bit more.

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We also like to put paper down on the tables that they're sitting at, so that they can doodle

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on it, or even just take notes to keep paying attention to what's going on in the

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room. Other things that they face online bullying,

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children, developing with technology is another thing that they face. Like, for example, kids who say, hey, Alexa, play like that's just a normal part of their vernacular, and we don't know what the implications are yet

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for kids who have been raised with this as a normal fabric and part of their life.

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I know

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I installed my very first Alexa when my, now eight year old, who is in Generation Alpha, was a baby, and so he's only ever had an Alexa device in his house.

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And YouTube is becoming the preferred source and piece of entertainment with Generation Alpha, with, people like PewDiePie. Dude. Perfect. MrBeast, Ryan's World, and the odd is out.

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And

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finally, how do we keep these kids safe? Parents especially are concerned about safety of Generation Alpha, especially with

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the rise of shows like Murder Next Door. And so how do we keep our children and Generation Alpha safe? Well, I'm glad that you asked,

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because I now do think that with those social challenges sort of in view, how do we with those social challenges with the idea of brain rot, what is the key to getting through to this generation?

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Let's check it out. one of the keys, I believe, to getting through to Generation Alpha is to be an active listener.

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Once again, from the book Generation Alphabet. Mccrindle and Phil, they give kind of five steps to active listening. And I want to share them with you because I thought that they're fantastic because we all the generation Alpha was grown up with, cell phones and technology.

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We all are victims to the cell phone, world. And we all are victims to screens. And so they're keys to kind of this active listening is, number one

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to squarely face the listener. When

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you squarely face the listener, you

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can demonstrate full attention and interest.

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Number two, open body language. So

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put down your screen, uncross your arms.

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And that indicates and communicates interest and attention.

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If you lean forward, lean towards them. Then that will help give

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the speaker, the idea that you are interested as opposed to leaning back, which, kind of helps demonstrate that you may be less interested in what they have to say.

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Finally, eye contact offer focus on the speaker, and we look them squarely

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in the eye and give them our full attention.

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That also communicates that they have value and that what they say matters and is interesting. And then finally

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give responsive gestures like nods and ahas and other affirming feedback. The speaker will share more as we, as a listener, display our empathy and our ability to engage with them. Now, here's the thing. You all know that you've all heard that that's just the key to active listening.

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But with screens as a hurdle in a lot of our lives, we need to practice putting those things down and practice active listening with Generation Alpha. And I believe that we will help them get off of their devices if we can show them and share with them a way to interact as human beings. 2018 The National Institute of Health reported that children who spend more than two hours on screens demonstrated lower language and thinking skills,

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and so it's important that we all help model four generation Alpha, who's grown up with screens, who's only ever known a model for them, what it's like to have healthy relationship with other human beings, and also how to get

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away from screens and really experience and unlock the fullness of life. So if we're teachers, pastors, educators, I'm a youth pastor. Like, how do we teach Generation Alpha more than 4 in 5, but 83% or more in seven and ten? About 71% of educators believe that schools today are doing much better at engaging students with their very different learning styles,

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but teach students today are experiencing a teacher facilitated, interactive, learning centric environment, and classroom layouts are now designed to help sort of reflect this.

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And so what are some of the keys and the differences between traditional teaching models and and more? classic and now new like learning styles. It's kind of like the difference between self-directed and some of the individualized styles of learning. And so unlike a traditional classroom setting, you may be more verbal and just talk more, but I think a more modern style of learning for Generation Alpha is they're more visual.

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So how can you bring about visual aid? How can you bring about

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object lessons and things that are going to allow them to see it with their eyes and let that come to life in a little bit of a different way? Traditional

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models might be, hey, sit and be quiet and listen. But now more modern methods of learning are try it and see.

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And, you know, I think that's a challenge for a lot of us in churches and in student ministry, because how do we help kids try and see what is there in the Bible? You know, last week I tried something. It was an experiment. I don't even know if I liked it yet or not, but I had students look up verses to help me describe the character of God.

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And then when they looked them

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up, they told them to me. And from the stage and from the platform, I had my TV or my my, computer, airplane, Bible gateway.com. And I looked at verse up live time and then it would show on the screen, and then everyone could read it together. That was just an example of me trying to let them kind of try to look up in the Bible for themselves and then see what they looked up and kind of add to the teaching method.

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Traditional. Other traditional methods of learning might be an authoritarian method of learning with the teacher who's in charge and who's the boss. But now more modern methods of learning are a participant per participatory right, letting generation Alpha actually participate in their learning and in the teaching style. Traditional models might be more curriculum centered, where now they're more learner

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centric and trying to get through to them and give them, what they need in order to learn, traditional might

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be more closed book exams, but we live in an open book world,

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right?

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You're never going to be faced to in a situation where you don't have access to find the answer to something, especially with a cell

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phone in your pocket. So how do we as educators, as teachers, as pastors, how do we navigate that for

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Generation Alpha in a way that makes sense?

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Traditional would be books and paper. But now we have glass and we have devices.

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We have cell phones. We have ways to look things up. Traditional would be theoretical thinking, but now there's more practical skills that need to be taught and conveyed and

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and given to the next generation. As we said in the last episode, that several of the jobs that they're going to be taking are going to be different than than jobs that even exist now.

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And finally, direct

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instruction versus inquiry based learning. So,

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so with all of this different kind of conflicting information, what do you think our approach to education as pastors and educators should be with Generation Alpha? What even further more should be should our approach with cell phones be should we embrace them and find a way to let generation Alpha use them, or should we push them away because they disrupt the traditional ways of teaching and educating?

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How do we navigate that? As youth pastors? How do we navigate that as parents? What do you do if you have a generation alpha kid, do you lean into a phone? Do you embrace it or do you hold off giving it to them? Well, I'm glad you asked because I want to explore that in the very next episode, which is linked right here on screen.

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So feel free to tap that. And I would love to talk to you even more about my findings in that, don't forget that we are making digital discipleship easy, possible, and accessible. So as always, stay hybrid.

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